Hamline’s ham-fisted art history
At the Minnesota university, the Muslim prophet is not ready for his close-up.
A St. Paul, Minn.-university did not renew an adjunct professor’s contract following a student complaint that she offended Muslims by showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in an art history lecture.
Erika López Prate warned students and offered an opt-out option before sharing a slide of a 14th-century illumination of Muhammad, which draws in…